The Roughest Start Ever: One Part C4 Corvette, One Part Mooney Aircraft, And A Dash Of Dodge. Would You Dare Take It On?
Oct 20, 2015Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Craigslist Find, OTHER
As you know, the Rough Start budget is $5,000 unless I can find a way to argue my way around it. Normally I fudge the number a little for a car that is so close to the mark that a couple hundred...
eBay Find: This 1979 Dodge SE 300 Truck Is Mostly Stock With One Awesome Exception
Oct 20, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
There’s nothing overtly wrong with a bone stock 1979 Dodge SE 300 dually truck. They had great styling, they were tough as nails, they were rocking good axles, a Torqueflite transmission, and...
Cynthiana Rod Run 2015 Coverage: 1,500+ Cars and Almost Saw ‘Em All
Oct 20, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Fifteen hundred and thirty-three. 1,533 registered cars. More showed up after registration. By a large margin the 2015 edition of the relatively...
Jay Leno Gets The Rare Opportunity To Drive The Only Operable Mercedes C111 Sports Coupe
Oct 20, 2015Bryan McTaggartCAR FEATURES, Videos
Question: What looks like the love child between the AMX/3 and the Maserati Bora, has come with diesel engines, V8s and Wankel rotaries, and has gullwing doors? Nope, not a Bricklin SV-1. Shame on...
Can Changing The Oil Be As Easy As Changing A Printer’s Ink Cartridge? With The Castrol Nexcel System, It Could Be! (VIDEO)
Oct 20, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, ENGINE, New Products, Tech Stories
The oil change is that first maintenance step that most people deal with as a vehicle owner. Oil is the lifeblood of the engine, and has to be changed, and for decades that job fell to either a...
Sunday Nostalgia At Lancaster Dagway: Gas Attack! Check Out These Gasser Action Photos
Oct 20, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – I am of the (not too controversial) opinion that you can draw a theoretical dotted line from the gassers of the 1960s and early 1970s to the pro modified of today....
Freaky Cool? Freaky Weird? You Decide What You Think About This 1965 C10 Cab Coupe
Oct 19, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Here’s a build that will certainly polarize the audience! A hot rod shop took a 1965 Chevy C10 truck cab, gave it a severe chop, ditched all the sheetmetal ahead of the cowl, greatly narrowed...
Lancaster Dragway Sunday Nostalgia – More Photos From A Killer Even In NY
Oct 19, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’re back with more photos from Lancaster National Dragway’s Sunday Nostalgia meet which took place earlier in the summer. Why are we just running the...
This Mildly Hot Rodded 1934 Ford Truck Is As Class Act That We’d Love To Cruise
Oct 19, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
Is there anything neater than when someone takes a classic and iconic shape, tweaks stuff just a little and then “lets it breathe” like the builder of the 1934 Ford pickup did here? We...
Donut Derelicts Cruise Coverage: Sunrise In SoCal With Awesome Cars
Oct 19, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
To attend the Donut Derelicts pre-dawn cruise in Southern California is to get your day started right. Lots of bleary eyed hot rodder show up to slug back some coffee, munch a donut or two and meet...
NMCA West Finals Action Shots From Fontana: Last Race Of The Year!
Oct 19, 2015Chad Reynolds1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races
The NMCA West series rolled into the famed AutoClub California Speedway on Friday morning and put on one hell of a show for the NMCA West Finals. Racers and fans alike were lined up at the gate ready...
Take A Look At Some Of The Cool Stuff We Saw At The Pomona Swap Meet!
Oct 19, 2015Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Swap Meets, SWAP MEETS
It was 4:30 am when I rolled up to Crosby’s shop with Skid Row playing Slave to the Grind at 11 so as to wake myself up. With only a couple hours sleep it wasn’t a pleasure hearing my...
Scott Oksas And Mike Bowman Okay After Horrific Double Pro Mod Crash At NMCA Finals
Oct 19, 2015Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos
This one was crazy!!! Watch this video and you’ll see Oksas and Bowman running in the first round of Pro Mod at the NMCA West Finals in Fontana when things went wrong in the worst way. Oksas...
